Mark Messier
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2007 | |
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Date of birth | January 18, 1961 |
place of birth | Edmonton , Alberta |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 93 kg |
position | center |
number | # 11 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1979 , 3rd lap, 48th position Edmonton Oilers |
Career stations | |
1975-1976 | Sherwood Spears |
1976-1977 | Spruce Grove Mets |
1977-1988 | St. Albert Saints |
1978 | Indianapolis Racers |
1978-1979 | Cincinnati stingers |
1979-1991 | Edmonton Oilers |
1991-1997 | New York Rangers |
1997-2000 | Vancouver Canucks |
2000-2004 | New York Rangers |
Mark Douglas John Messier , OC (born January 18, 1961 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was active in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers , New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks from 1979 to 2004 . The center won six Stanley Cups and is the only player to lead two teams (Edmonton and New York) to the title as team captain; Both teams also blocked his shirt number 11. In total, Messier scored 694 goals and 1,193 assists in 1,756 preliminary round games and is third in the all-time scorer list of the NHL with 1,887 points after Wayne Gretzky and Jaromír Jágr and has 1,992 NHL matches (including Play-offs) first place. In addition, the Canadian was honored twice with the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award as most valuable player of the regular season and once with the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP .
After the end of his active career, Messier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (2007), the Order of Hockey in Canada (2013) and the Order of Canada (2017).
Career
After a meaningless season in the 1979 discontinued WHA ( World Hockey Association ) he was selected in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft only in the third round as 48th by the Edmonton Oilers , who had also moved from the WHA to the NHL.
The Oilers were the dominant team in the eighties, the legend Gretzky played by storm with Jari Kurri and Messier, plus the outstanding defender Paul Coffey , Messier won four Stanley Cups with Gretzky and Kurri, but was in their shadow.
After Gretzky's surprise trade to Los Angeles in 1988, he was able to show how good he really was, and the Oilers won the Cup again in 1990.
In 1991 he went to New York. He was the captain of the New York Rangers, which were about to be eliminated in the 1994 Eastern Conference final. Mark Messier promised in the media that his team would win the next game, which they actually did. He even scored three goals in a row in the last third, making up a two-goal deficit. The Rangers finally won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 54 years and Mark Messier scored the decisive goal in the 7th and final game.
1997-2000 he played with the Vancouver Canucks , then until the end of his career in 2004 again with the Rangers.
Mark Messier was famous for his exceptional leadership, determination, will to win and the ability to get his team carried away, especially in the play-offs . For example, he turned around with a spectacular individual performance in Game 3 in the Stanley Cup final of 1984, when his Edmonton Oilers lost one goal against the New York Islanders . That year he, and not Wayne Gretzky, was voted MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the Play-Offs.
He was born with ice hockey, his father Doug never played in the NHL, but was his mentor and promoter at a young age and later also worked as a trainer a. a. at Schwenninger ERC in the first ice hockey Bundesliga . His older brother Paul Messier played a. a. a few games for the Colorado Rockies in the NHL and a few years later also moved to Germany, where he first played a year for the ECD Iserlohn and then six years for the Mannheim ERC . Mark's cousins Mitch and Joby Messier also played in the NHL.
In November 2006, the Mark Messier Leadership Award was created by the NHL. It is awarded monthly (annually since 2007) to the player who stood out for his leadership skills. The NHL dedicates the award to Messier because he is considered one of the greatest leaders in the NHL. Together with the NHL, Mark Messier selects the winners himself.
Mark Messier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2007 .
After his career ended, he worked as a radio and television commentator. He also received a position as assistant to the management of the New York Rangers. In 2010 he was appointed coach of the Canadian national team at the Germany Cup and Spengler Cup .
In 2017 he was admitted to the Order of Canada with the rank of Officer .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1984 gold medal at the Canada Cup
- 1987 gold medal at the Canada Cup
- 1989 silver medal at the world championship
- 1991 gold medal at the Canada Cup
- 1996 Second place at the World Cup of Hockey
Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
1975/76 | Sherwood Spears | AMHL | 44 | 82 | 76 | 158 | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1976/77 | Spruce Grove Mets | AJHL | 57 | 27 | 39 | 66 | - | 91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1977/78 | St. Albert Saints | AJHL | 54 | 25th | 49 | 74 | - | 194 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1977/78 | Portland Winter Hawks | WCHL | 10 | 11 | 4th | 15th | - | 6th | 7th | 4th | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | ||
1978/79 | St. Albert Saints | AJHL | 17th | 15th | 18th | 33 | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1978/79 | Indianapolis Racers | WHA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1978/79 | Cincinnati stingers | WHA | 47 | 1 | 10 | 11 | –6 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1979/80 | Houston Apollos | CHL | 4th | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1979/80 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 75 | 12 | 21st | 33 | −10 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | ||
1980/81 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 72 | 23 | 40 | 63 | −12 | 102 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7th | +1 | 13 | ||
1981/82 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 78 | 50 | 38 | 88 | +21 | 119 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 8th | ||
1982/83 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 77 | 48 | 58 | 106 | +19 | 72 | 15th | 15th | 6th | 21st | +10 | 14th | ||
1983/84 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 73 | 37 | 64 | 101 | +40 | 165 | 19th | 8th | 18th | 26th | +9 | 19th | ||
1984/85 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 55 | 23 | 31 | 54 | +8 | 57 | 18th | 12 | 13 | 25th | +13 | 12 | ||
1985/86 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 63 | 35 | 49 | 84 | +36 | 68 | 10 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 0 | 18th | ||
1986/87 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 71 | 37 | 70 | 107 | +21 | 73 | 21st | 12 | 16 | 28 | +13 | 16 | ||
1987/88 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 70 | 37 | 74 | 111 | +21 | 103 | 19th | 11 | 23 | 34 | +9 | 29 | ||
1988/89 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 72 | 33 | 61 | 94 | −5 | 130 | 7th | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 8th | ||
1989/90 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 79 | 45 | 84 | 129 | +19 | 79 | 22nd | 9 | 22nd | 31 | +5 | 20th | ||
1990/91 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 53 | 12 | 52 | 64 | +15 | 34 | 18th | 4th | 11 | 15th | +2 | 16 | ||
1991/92 | New York Rangers | NHL | 79 | 35 | 72 | 107 | +31 | 76 | 11 | 7th | 7th | 14th | −4 | 6th | ||
1992/93 | New York Rangers | NHL | 75 | 25th | 66 | 91 | −6 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | New York Rangers | NHL | 76 | 26th | 58 | 84 | +25 | 76 | 23 | 12 | 18th | 30th | +14 | 33 | ||
1994/95 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 14th | 39 | 53 | +8 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −11 | 8th | ||
1995/96 | New York Rangers | NHL | 74 | 47 | 52 | 99 | +29 | 122 | 11 | 4th | 7th | 11 | −10 | 16 | ||
1996/97 | New York Rangers | NHL | 71 | 36 | 48 | 84 | +12 | 88 | 15th | 3 | 9 | 12 | +2 | 6th | ||
1997/98 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 82 | 22nd | 38 | 60 | −10 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 59 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −12 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 66 | 17th | 37 | 54 | −15 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 24 | 43 | 67 | −25 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2001/02 | New York Rangers | NHL | 41 | 7th | 16 | 23 | −1 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | New York Rangers | NHL | 78 | 18th | 22nd | 40 | −2 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | New York Rangers | NHL | 76 | 18th | 25th | 43 | +3 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
AJHL total | 128 | 67 | 106 | 173 | - | 249 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
WHA total | 52 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NHL overall | 1756 | 694 | 1193 | 1887 | +210 | 1910 | 236 | 109 | 186 | 295 | +50 | 244 |
International
Represented Canada to: |
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Represented the National Hockey League at: |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Mark Messier in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
- Mark Messier at hockeydb.com (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Next record! Jágr overtakes NHL legend . In: sport.de . ( sport.de [accessed on January 18, 2018]).
- ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : When Mark Messier became the Messiah
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Messier, Mark |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Messier, Mark Douglas John (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta |